North Carolina Newspapers

'3 v Y,irry-if."AY 11 1 I 1 1 4: I i k A v OFFICE ) ON THR V .;. WEST SIDE OF TRADE STREET S 2 per annxiixi , IN ADVA NCE.- ........ CHARACTER IS AS IMPORTANT TO STATES AS IT IS TO INDIVIDUALS, ' AND THE GLORY OF THE ONE IS THE COMMON PROPERTY OF THE OTHER. - W 3'TAPE, Editor ant Proprietor. -CHARLOTTE, -N. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1861. T E N T n V 0 L U M EN l M B E R 496. rj 1 1 i 11: mm THE 71 (QPublished every Tuesdaj,Q) BY WILLIAM J. YATES, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. If paid in advance, ..$2 If paid withiu 3 months, 2 if .,) :ififr the exuiratiou of the year,.... 3 00 50 00 gi Any person sending us five new subscribers, h.--omp iiiit-'J by the advance subscription ($10) will retehe a sixth copy gratis for one year. Subscribers and others who may wish to send money to us, can do so by mail, at our risk. g-T?" Transient advertisements must be paid for in advance. rjy Advertisements not marked on the manuscript or a specific time, will be inserted until forbid, and .-harped ao-ordingly. SAMUEL P. SMITH, AHui-u'V si ii d ComiM'lor at Law, CHARLOTTE, X C, Will attend promptly and diligently to Collecting and -emitting all claims intrusted to his care. Special attention given to the writing of Deeds, Con--oyances, Ac. During hours of business, may be found in the ourt House, llinc No. 1, adjoining the clerk's office. January 10. IHM J. A. FOX, CHARLOTTE, X. C. GENERAL COLLECTING AGENT. Office over the Drue Store, Irwin's corner. January I, 18til. tf VV7m. J. Kerr, A T T O K . K V A T 1 A W, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Will practice hi the t'ouniy and Superior Ct-urts of Worklertbur..'. ?'-ii-.ii .ul ba: ri!: .-oiintif-s. Ufkick i.; w.i !Jmv! January s'.. if-.il v b :.poite Kerr's Hotel. y KOBEKT (ilOBOX, U D PZlACTli'IOICIl or JltittlC'IAC AND Office Xo. 2 Irwin's corner, CHARLOTTE, X. C. January, 1801. 11. V. BECKWITH lias constantly on hand WATCHES, JEWELRY, PLATED WARE, &C Of the best English and American manufacturers. Call and examine his stock before purchasing elsewhere. Watch crystals put in for 25 cents each. January, 1831 y John T. Butler, PRACTICAL IValch and tJloek Slakcr, Jew elJcr, Arc, Ol'POalTE Kkuii's HdTKL, Charlotte, A'. C, (Late with R. W. Ueckvvith.) Fine WalclK's Clock & JfW'lry, of every description, Repaired and Warranted for 12 months. Oct 16, 18G1. y WILKINSON & CO., DEALERS IN Watelios, Silver & platfil Ware AND FANCY" GOODS, No. 5, Granite Range, Opposite the Mansion House, CilAULOTTE, N". C. Attention given to Repairing Watches and JewcISry. September 18, I860. y 1 New Supply of WATCHES, JEWELRY Solid Silver and Vl.iH d Wan , The subscriber has lately purchased a very citensive supply of the above articles. His purchases being made directly from the manufacturer, he is therefore enabled to sell at a verj- small advance on cost, and persons may rest assured that all his articles are war ranted to be what he represents them to be. Bg. Watches and Clocks carefully repaired and will receive my personal attention. R. VT. BECKWITH. Nv. 27, I860 tf Dli. K. II. ANDREWS, CHARLOTTE, N. C, Would inform the public generally, and the citizens of Mecklenburg particulai Iv, that he has resumed the Practice of DENTISTRY and may be found at his old stand. He is prepared to set Artificial Teeth on Gold. .Silver, Vulcanite, or on the Cheoplastic process, as patients may desire, and fill TeetL with Gold, Tin, Amalgam or Os Artificial. He is also prepared to perform any operation belong ing to Dentistry, and need not say that he will be pleas l to wait upon any of his obi friends or new friends you may take that for granted. February 5, I SGI NEW GOODS. KOOPMAXV PHELPS have received a handsome assortment of SPRING GOODS, consisting in part of DRESS GOODS, BONNETS, &c, to which they iuvit.; p-irt"cul.r attention. April 23. Hkadqcaktf.rs North Carolina Troops. 1 Adjutant Gei eral s Ullice, Raleigh, Oct. !5, 1861. General Order, No- 20. J. G. Ail companies hereafter accepted by the Governor ill remain at home, without pay, until called upon fur active service, when a reasonable time will be al lowed them for reaching their appointed place of ren detvous. This order is necessary oa account of the limited quantity of clothing and camp equippage now on hand, and to enable the Governor to have these sup plies ready for the use of the troops. By order of the comnaander-iu-chief. J. G. MART IX, ?2. it Adjutant GaneraJ. WU EAT! The subscriber 5s prepared to purchase the new j crop of Wheat at the highest market price. Farmers will hnd it to their advantage to call at the CI1AR LwTTE STEAM MILLS before selling. Jan'y I, 1861 tf JXO. WILKES. FACTOHY TOU SALE. Tl. ..n,Wc;,.i -ii j upon liberal credit, their COTTON FACTORY, local- ed on the South Fork of the Catawba River. The ma- chinery is comparatively new and in good order for work. The water power is good and the buildings ample, and a good FLOURING MILL attached. The principal machinery consists of 1300 spindles, 9 cards, 2ti looms, and all the machinery to work the san.e. J. &. E. B. STOWE, ' Oct 8, 1861 Stowesville, N. C. BUTTER ! BUTTER!! The highest cash market prices will be paid for Butter. Kggs, Poultry, &c, at PALMER'S Sept 24, 18U1 Variety Store. IIIBES. I have now on hand and am constantly receiving large quantities of Hides, which I will exchange for Leather. S. M. HOWELL. October 8, 1861 6t-pd Charlotte, N. C. I take pleasure in informing my friends and patrons of this town and neighborhood that I havereturued to Charlotte and resumed my former business. I u cousiderat ion of the existing pressure of the times I shall limit my terms of tuition (in town) 'on the Piano to $30, for the fuil Session of 40 weeks, or $15 for the half Session of 20 weeks. I have a fine stock of sheet music on hand and will attend punctually to all orders in that line as also to Tuning. Repairing and Sale of Pianos. Address orders through the post-office. CHARLES O. PAPE. Wanted to purchase, a second-hand Tiano. Oct 8, 1861. Hardware!! Hardware!! A. A. N. 31. TAYLOR WJ ESPECTFULLY informs his friends and the pub 1lO lie generally, that he has added to his extensive stock of Stoves and Tin Ware, a large and complete stork of Hardware, consisting in part as follows: Carpenters' Tools. Circular, mill, crosscut, hand, ripper, pannel, prun ing, grafting, tennou, back, compass, w?-bb. and butch er SAWS: Braces and bits, Draw Knives, Chissels, Augers, Gimlets, Hammers, Hau-fcets. and Axes: Brick, plastering, and pointing Trowels; Saw-setters, Screw plates, Stocks and dies, Planes of all lands, Spoke sliaves, Steel-blade bevel and try Squared; Spirit Levels Pocket Levels, Spirit level Vials, Boring machines, Gougcrs, and in fact everthing a mechanic wants, in rreat variety and at very low prices, at TAYLOR'S Hardware Store and Tin-ware Depot, opposite the Man sion House. Charlotte, N. C. May 2R, ltMJO. tf Blacksmith's Tools. Such as Bellows, Anvils, Vices, hand and slide Ham mers, Buttresses, Farriers' Knives. Screw-plates, Stocks and dies. Blacksmith's Pincers and Tongs, Raspers and Files of every kind. Cut horseshoe and cl'nch Nails, Borax; Iron of all sizes, both of northern and country manufacture; cast, plow, blister and spring Steel; &c, for sale very cheap at TAYLOR'S, opposite the Mansion House Ludlow's Celebrated Self-Sealing Cans, f all the dirtereiit sizes, at TAYLOH Hardware Store, opposite Mansion House. Agricultural Implements of all kinds. Straw Cutters. Corn Shelters, Plows, Hoes. Shovel.-, Spades, Forks, Axes, Picks. Mattock. Grubbing Hoe.-, Trace Chains, Wagon Chains, Log Chains. Ptunii.j. and Hedge Shears, Pruning and budding Knives, gar den Hoes and Rakes, with handles; Grain Cradles; grain, tjrass and brier Scythes, Buh Hooks, Wagon boxes:' Hollow ware, such as pots, ovens and lids, skillits, spi ders, stew-pans and kettles, Cauldrons from 20 to 120 gallons each; Iron and brass Preserving Kettles, Sheep Shears, kc, at TAYLOR'S Hardware Depot, opposite the Mansion House. Tin and Japanned Ware, A large assortment; Block l'iu, Block Zinc, Tin Plate Babbit metal, &c. Stoves, the largest Stock, of all sizes, at TAYLOR'S Hardware, Stove and Tin ware Depot, opposite Mansion Hons PITER R. DAVIS. W. H. DA I! DEE . DAVIS & II A RDM. PttODUCE COMMISSION 1IEUCIIAMS, Potcro"burs, "XTtx. REFER TO Hon. D W Courts. Gen. R W Haywood, Raleigh, N. C. Feb 19, 1SG1 m-pd. BIRDS, BIRD. All kinds of EUROPEAN BIRDS: also, a beautiful asso iment of NEW STYLE CAGES. Those wishing a fine Songster, will find it at J. I). PALMER'S Variety Store, One door above the Bank of Charlotte. Nov 20, 18G0. XNTotice. From and after this day (1st of January, 1861.) we will be pleased to sell our old friends and customers, and the rest of mankind, for cah, anil cash onlj', any article in our line of business that we may have on hand. Any person sending or coming for Goods after this date, without money, will please excuse us if, in stead of tilling their order, we furnish them with a fn-iv of this advertisement, as ice are determined not to --iv tell a sinyle article on credit. TB, And those indebted to ns are requested to call and pay, as we want the money. 1 J GATES & WILLIAMS. January 1, 1861 tf Dissolution. The firm of FULLINGS, SPRINGS k CO. was dis solved bv limitation on the 1st January. lhGl. The business will be continued under the name and slvle of FULLINGS A SPRINGS, and they nope, by inte.'ritv and strict1 attention to business, to merit Hie same patronage heretofore liberally bestoweJ by their numerous friends and customers. The present financial crisis and the uncertainty of business, for the future-compel us to shorten our time of credit from twelve to six months to prompt paring customers none others need ask it. All persons indebted to the old firm of Fulling?, Springs & Co.. must come forward and make immediate settlement, as it is absolutely necessary that the busi ness be speedily closed up. "A vord to the wise is sr.ffi- CHARLOTTE, N. C. llUTiiEBFORD Court was in session last week, Judge French presiding. Messrs. Waters, Pruit, and Durham, of Cleaveland, were tried on the t, ..P v. :i.t.. . o v..aijic ui joitiuiv oi resiiu one ccoggia, on suspi- I Clu ol beln? an abolitionist, and sentenced to thirty days imprisonment. Some six or ekrht mouths since, bcoggin wrote an insulting letter to Mrs. Holton, in wlikh he said: Now spread yourself lor Jeff Davis and the Confederate States, where the people have no voice but are led by fire eaters who want a republican government pulled down, and establish one where the few rule, iwt li.r we Kutherford boys you need publish your Jeff Davis stuff. We a re for our. rights, but not lor renegades." Scoggin was brought before a vigilance committee, and dismissed on a promise of good behaviour, which resulted in his bringing tnis suit. 1 lie Judge may deem it a gross out 1 A 11" t 1 1- rage, out. puouc opinion win not sustain mm. v e may soon look out (or bridge burnings, when loyal citizens are to be imprisoned for arresting suspi- uious cnaracicrs wnen prowling among us. A fine of 530 has since been substituted for the imprisonment. Shelby E"jlc. We consider the sentence of Judge French an outrage, and we do not hesitate to say that if we lived in Rutherford county we would oppose its execution. If the vigilance committee had dealt more severely with Scoggins thev would hve done right. We believe all threeof the gentle men tried are now in the field figbtins for the South, and the action of the Judge in sentenc'in"; them to imprisonment or fining them $30 each for arresting a suspicious character is nothing less than an outrage. In order to merely vindi cate the law, a fine of 5 cents would have been sufficient. Sale of Valuable Property. STEAM EAGIKES & MILL FIXTURES. No. 1. I will sell for cash lo the highest bidder, at the Union Gold Mines, known as the '-Howie Mine," on the 23d and 24ih of December, the following personal property, viz: v 6 Steam Engines, with Boilers, 24, 8 and 70 horsepower; 1 Tubular Boiler; 20 Ball's Amalgamators; 4 Bartola's do ; I Double Chillian Mills; 1 large iron Lathe; I large iron Pan; 2C by It feet of Boiler Iron; 1 large upright Boiler, or Boiler Iron; 1 small (To. Of east Iroti; 1 large 18 hoise Wagon; 8 hogsheads Sulphate Soda; 4 Brick Presses, for face brick; 2 Burr Stone FLOUR new; 2 Flour Bolts and Reels; 1 upright Saw Mill, new; lot Shutting. Pullies and Hangers; Joints' Mining Pump; lot Gas Pipe; lot Iron Gear Wheels; 14 Mule, 3 HorMi'S 4 4-liorsc Wagons; 1 two-horse Wagon, 1 Bngyy. I Carryall, lot of Har ness, 3 Cows, 3 Calves, l arming Tools, Household and Kitchen Furniture, and various other articles too nu merous to mention. No. 2. Also, on the first Monday in January next, I will sell for cash to the highest bidder, at the Court House door in Monroe, Keren IY2:GROI;k; Ben, aged 42 years; .Mary, 40; Julia, 12; William, 10; Henry 8; Sarah, 5; Mi-iy, 1. And the following Tracts of Land, lying- iii tin county if Union, on the water. of Twelve Mile Creek: One tract, 172 acres, adjoining lands of F L Wiatt and others, and known as the Wiifliii.gton Mine. No. 3. Also, another tract, containing 100 acres, irljoiuit.g the lands of A J Clark, Wm H Howie, and other.-. Also, another tract, containing 463 acres, ad joining lands of F L Wiatt, the Big Survey, so called, and others. Also, another tract, containing 287 acres, adjoining lands of Wm H Howie, RG Howard, anu others. Also, another tract, containing 596 acres, ad joining lands of J C Austin, R G Howard, and others. Also, another tract, containing 264 acres, adjoining lands of J C Austin, Wni Jones and others. Also. another tract, containing 40 acres, adjoining lauds of Martin Chapman and others, and formerly known a the Ingraham Mine tract. All of the foregoing property levied on and sold as the property of R. F. Stockton, to satisfy sundry ren tes and Jitrs iu my bauds, issuing from the County and Superior Courts of Union County, against R. F. Stockton, iu favor of T. W. Dewey and others. C. AUSTIN, Sheriff. Dec 10, 18C1 4w SUftAR AIVB MOLASSES. CO bbls. N. O. Molasses, new crop, 100 hhds. N. .0. Sugar, new cror; 25 kits Mackerel, to hand and for sale wholesale, 300 bbls. N. O. Molasses expected every day. Orders from merchants will be promptly attended to, and prices lower than the sawie articles can be bought in the Charleston market. OAT1SS St WILEIAMS. Dec 10, 1861 3t iTfiilbtirnic Paper Hills, RALEIGH, N. C. The Neuse Manufacturing Company pny cash and the highest market price for COTTON AND LINEN RAGS. .N. B. Not Woolen Rags. Present price 3 cents per pound, delivered at either Depot in Raleigh. S. H. ROGERS, Pres't. Address H. W. Husted, Treas'r. Nov 2Cth. 4t NOTICE. The undersigned having qualified as administrator ef the estate of R. B Monteith. at the October sessions, 18ti, of Mecklenburg County Court, all persons in debted to said estate are requested to come forward and make payment; and those having claims against the same are required to present them within the time prescribed by law, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. A. A. ALEXANDER, Adm'r. November 5, 1861 4t-pd rilOCL-AJIATIOrt By Ilia Excellency, Henry T. Clark, Governor of North Carolina. Execctite Department, Raleigh, 1 Not tuber 7, 1861, Tn nnrsnanee of the power vested in me by the 19th section of the Constitution, and by and with the advice of th Cftm.ril of State. I do hereby prohibit the ex portation, bevond the limits of this State, of all Bacon, ; Jeans, Linseys, Blankets, kc. ie., except ihrongh the i orders of the proper officers of the Confederate Govern- j ment or of the State Governments. The Adjutant General will 'employ the necessary means to carry into full effect this order! All Agents to purchas for the State are required to have written ; authority. HENRY T. CLARK, j Nor 12th. 4t CovMaer tx-Officxo. k riPfr. U'Ui lit? r. airua wv.- " TRAGEDY IN MISSISSIPPI. - Two Men Killed and several Wvunded. The Starksville ( Miss.) Advocate, publishes a letter from a ' reuth man livinir on Greensboro, liss., to his son :n Starksville, giving theparticu- i lars of a recent bloody fra-redy which occurred in Choctaw county, brief mention of which has been published. The letter bears date November 25th. We extract the following: 'I have just witnessed the closing scene of the most terrible trapedy I ever witnessed,- or ever lead, or heard of, and I sincerely hope I may never witness a similar one. It seems that a dif ficulty had been truing for some time between the Kdwards and the Gray families about some property. I do not know who was in fault about the uiatter. The children of the two families had intermarried with each other; and some time since one of the Edwards who married a 3Jiss Gray, died. Mr .Robert Gray . administered upon his estate, and was trying to get the property claimed by his sister. On last Friday the parties met at the late residence of the deceased, about five miles from this place, and about two miles from the residence of Judge Edwards, and about four miles from Dr James Gray's residence. The parties met early in the morning, both armed for the conflict. It seems that the Grays, llobcrt, William and James reached the fatal spot first. After the' had been there some time. Judge Edwards and his two sons, Luther and Knight, came, and found the Grays there, armed with double barrel shot guns. Some angry words pass ed between the parties, and the firing commenced, and how long the battle lasted no one knows. There were three on each side, and it is said that several negroes belonging to Judge Edwards par ticipated iu the fiht. Judge Edwards was shot in the breast and died soon after. Luther Ed wards was shot in the left side, and died that evening, and the two Grays, Robert and William were not shot, but were beaten over the head and left on the ground for dead then Dr. Gray was left alone to contend with Mr Knight Edwards and the negroes. They fought a long time; it is Slid Mr Knight Edwards received a severe wound on the head, and Dr. Gray a severe wound in the left arm with a large knife, and several about the head. In the mean time Robert Gray came to himself and scrambled up and left some of the negroes, it is not known how many, pursued him ;:nd two of them overtook him just as he reached Mrs Newman's; and there two young ladies gath ered axes and stopped the negroes. Robert Gray was then conveyed to a residence near by, where h li in a critical condition ". . THE HANGING OF THE BRIDGE BURNERS. Greeneville, Tenn., Dec. 2. The two doomed culprits were not aware of their doom until a few moments before the hour, (4 o'clock p. m.,) aud, short as the time was, they busied themselves in speaking on oath their full con fession of guilt bef-ire the court-martial. Fry cotifessed that he poured the turpentine on the bridge, and afterwards set fire to this combustible material, carried the sentinel off some half mile, and made him swear never to reveal the names ol the offenders. Fiovidenee has saved the sentinel the trouble, for they have met the fate so just ly mcted out to them. They came in sight of flu gallows a temporary affair erected on the hill-s-de in full view of ihe town and a large oak limb was substituted as the cross-beam lor this novel engine of death, and a shudder passed over them which was perceptible by all. The- then knew that in a few Uiotneuts they must die the death of a felon. The whole battalion under arms was dntwn up around the ground, and the ropes were adjusted, the cups drawn over their pale faces, the laddor was taken from the tree the stillness of death pervaded the whole thro ig :he mi ltite-hand was in a few seconds of 4 o'clock the watch still went tick, tick their kn?es shook visibly the whole frame was ready to give way to nature's spirit hark! it is 4 o'cl ck ! Ill e. trigger is touched and lo ! dangling at the rope's end. be tween heaven, and earth, are seen two struggling human beings! The struggle? of one were short; the other seemed a little loth to give up the spirit frcm its tenement of clay, but in a few short mo ments they were both dead. It has had a wonderful effect on Unionism here, and scores are cmiing in night and day, taking the oath of allegiance to our Government, and by this serious service proclaim to the world that they will defend it against all of its enemies. The Yankees off Port Royal The Com inn in of the Slaves to them. 'Ihe New York Journal of Commerce, in speaking of affairs at Fort Royal, says: The newspapers have published m ist exaggerat ed accounts of the coming in of slaves at Port Royal. From several gentlemen, who have recent ly returned from that port, we learn facts which are to be relied on as true. The negroes have come to the fort to Fell provisions, poultry, &c, and their supplies have been bought. OthtH have come Iroui curiosity, and loitered around awhile, going away again when they pleased. About one hundred and titty remain in the fort, having been employ td to work, receiving rations atid eight dollars per month. The total number that have come in, on any and every pretext, does not exceed three hundred and fifty No indication has been given of any desire to accept liberty as a permanency. J neir attachment to ineir masters aud the families to which they belong docs not seem to be diminished, and there are large num bers, probably thousands of them in the neighbor hood, who have not come into the fort at all. It is said that a vi.-it to South Carolina hag already opened the eyes of many gentlmen, of former aboli tion inclinations, to some few facta in slavery. The Milton Chronicle savs: Door man's diet, in thi. part of the world, has been bread and water, principally, for some ti;ae; but the Whi&key Distilleries promise soon to depiive him of breaa! Ihe statesmen ot our state; now in Convention assembled, see the fact etariog1 them : in the face. It is in their power to prevent it. But they have not done it, aud probably will I not. . If they do not, we shall believe that they preier corn-whiskey to bread starvation to plenty. j VICTORY IN WESTERN VIRGINIA. A Severe Fight The EnemylRouted. The monotony that had prevailed, for some days ; was broken by the receipt of official intelligence : that the enemy, stationed on Cheat Mountain, i had sallied out and attacked a stutill force of our troops, and were repulsed with heaty loss. The fight took place on Fridiy, the I3th(inst., on the Alleghany Mountain, fifteen miles n?st of Mon i terey, to which point the fore remaking in that vicinity, under Ool. Edward Johnston, had fallen back and encamped. The offieiaPdipatch receiv ed says that the battle commenced at 7 o'clock in the morning, and lusted until 2 o'clock in the af-er-noon, when the enemy retreated; that the Feder als uumbercd 5,000, while Col. Johustou's com mand was only l,2O0 strong. We have private information which mainly coincides with the foregoing. Our camp, it is stated, was surprised by the enemy at an early hour iu the morning, but the troops rallied gal lantly to their work, and fought with the energy of desperation. The troops under Col. Johnston's command were portions of the 12th Georgia and the 31st Virginia regiments, Col. Baldwin's Vir ginia regiuieut, and Ilansbrough's and Regar's battalions in all, brobably not much over 1,200 men. From statements gathered from two pris oners captured a few days previously, it is pre sumed that the enemy's force waa from 3,000 to 5,000. Our loss in the battle is set down at 25 killed and 75 wounded and missing. The enemy left eighty dead on the field and their loss in killed and wounded is believed to be very heavy. It was a desperate fight, and a dear ly bought victory. Col. Edward Johnston, under whose command the battle was fought, is a native of Chesterfield county, Va. He was an officer in the old U . S. Army, and distinguished himself iu Mexico. Af ter his resignation, he returned to Virginia, and was assigned to the command of the 12th Georgia regiment, in Gen. Loring's division, a portion of which had been lately transferred to another point', leaving Col. Johnston the senior officer of the post. This force, at Camp Alleghany, expect ed orders to move e:stwaid, when the enemy came out from his stronghold on Cheat Moutitaitr and made the -attack, anticipating sn early victory, but "returned beaten. ENGLISH OPINION. Every act of Mr Lincoln 's since the taking of Fort Sumter, has been a violation of that 'funda mental law of the Anglo-Saxon race beyond the Atlantic" or would be po, but that the Constitu tion has ceased foexist, therefore, ctotiot b? cor rectly said to be violated. Secession, perhat, is unconstitutional, but coercim is equally so." Mr Davis governs by the authority of a successful re volution. Mr Lincoln governs in the name of an authority which forbids everything tli-it he does and cannot i.c)v doing, and it' the Constitution wtre m vig; r lie must be lmpracl ed lor lnoh treason, without a chance of defending himself, and would be .Ih.b'e at the same time to actions for false impiiauuiiient which would ruin a Roths child. He has ordered his officers to set at defiance the Supreme Court of the Republic. ' lie has suspend ed the hubr-us corpus, lie hasjirocluimed martial law. lie lias set up a new Legislature in W astern Virginia in opposition to the authority of the law ful Govenor. He has suppressed the Constitution and imprisoned the collective Legislature of Mary land. He ha put down freedom of the press and annulled the right of petition. Tn a word, he committed many hundred distinct acts of high treason, or what would -be such had America any longer a law or a legal government. Are we, then, to believe that a war undertaken iu defiance of every constitutional principle is a war in defence of the Constitution thit Freident, Mii.isters and Generals are fighting for a law, the operations of which, if really enforced, would ba to hang them alii" We waive the obvious impossi bility of constitutionally governing the South, if re-Conquered, because the contingency is too im probable to be worth discussion. Rut we think it is too bad to accuse Sir John Paekington of "hatred to free institutions," because he desires to sec stop put to ihe war. In the first place, free institutions in the North mean mob law, and in the South vigilance committees; what we understand by the phrase is nowhere known in the United States. In the next place, the necessary effect of the restoration of constitutional law in the Nouli would Lc to stop the war at once. London Ilei ald. Arrest oe Hon. Edward Stanley. We regret to hear that information has been! received, via Manassc-s, that the Hon. Edward Stanley and his nephew, Capt. Fabius Stanley, U. S. N., have been arrested at San Franci.-co and lodged in jail. These gentlemen are natives of North Carolina, and it was suspected by the miserable Lincoln despotism that they were about to return to the State for the purpose of resuming their resi dence in the South. The Hon. Edward Stanley represented one of the North Carolina Districts in the Federal Congress for many yeari. i Hogs. The hog buyers are very buy and are paying very good prices. The price gross i from 6 to 8 cents. Considering the abundance uf the crop, we must think our larmers are getting re- markably good prices. Indeed, if the complaints I against the merchants for claiming a moderate ad- t ' , vance on their goods, have been just, the farmers I Exchange of Prisoners.- The report that are certainly reaping the full benefit of the ad-j the Hon. Charles J. Faulkner had been released vance. in pork. For within our recollection, the from his imprisonment at Fort Warren, on parole present prices gross are equal to the former prices j preparatory to hi exchange for Congressman El,' cett. Franklin (AT. C.) Carolinian. is 'confirmed. A Washington telegram says that 1 Mr F. "will proceed immediately South, and pro- Pork. Pork sold in our marke't on Saturday cure a 6imiLr release of Mr Ely. If not success-" at 8. 9 and some we believe at 10 cents per pound, Jul in that errand, he has pledged himself to re We doubt not but an abundance mny be had by j turn to custody in thirty days." We alao learn the middle of January at 7 and 8 cents. Pork i that the gallant Captain DLignel h. H bsea ex sells for cash, and meat is more abundant than ! changed for the Federal . Ciptain Rickett3, who money. Xeiclern Progrets. j wajJ wounded in the battle of Maoassaa and taken - ' : : i prisoner. . ''. -. ''-'- ;r ' ' Composition of the Lincoln Armt. The j '"..- ; -, v -Baltimore South says a regiment of unnaturalized j It is understood, say the Southern Recorder, Germans recently passed through that city on that the Banks of Georgia will advance eight tnil their way to Washington. Many cftlient had not ' lion of dollars, if so much should be .required, -to.' been in the United States two weeks. , In another ' enable, the State to pay th3 .Confederate, tax, and . regiment there were a number of. negroes, rough . to defray the charges of jiar own.dej'ence the lor-; and uncouth. j mer being estimated at about $3,000,000. . SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. The South Carolina Conference met in Chester oa the 12th inst., and adjourned oh the 17th.' APPOINTMENTS. V Charleston District. V A Mood, P. E. Charleston city: Cumberland street, C MeLeodj Trinity, J T Wightman; Bethel, A M Chrieti berg; Spring street and City Mission, J W Hum bert Waltcrboro Circuit, E J Meynardie and j E Penny, Ashley R O Mission, A Nettles; Pon Pon Mission, P G Bowm an; Ashepoo Mission, J W Coward; Combahee Mission, M L Banks;' Bam berg Circuit, T Raysor; Allendale Circuit, W J E Frippe; Black Swamp Circuit, S Leard and N K Melton; Williams Mission, E J Pennington; Sa vannah River Mission, J R Coburn; BlufTton Mis sion, to be supplied; Beaufort Mission, to be fup plied; Edisto aud Jehossee Mission, to be supplied; Missionary to China, B Jenkins. . !r Orangeburg District. Y G Connor, P. E Orangeburg Circuit, J W Kelly, A J Stokes; St Matthew's Mission, J W McRoy, J I V Crook; Cypress Circuit, J W Workman; Suinmerville Mission, J W Miller; Cooper River Circuit, J W Abernathy; Cooper River, to be supplied; Middle St. John'i Mission, G W Moore; St James Goose Creek Mission, to bo supplied; St George's Cir cuit, W Ilutto; Blackville Circuit, C "Wilson; Edisto Fork Mission, E A Price; Barnwell Cir cuit, W Carson; Aiken Missiou, E F Thwing; Granitevii'e Mission, M A McKibben; Lexington Circuit, 1) W Scale. W A Clarke. , - Marion District W P Mouzon, P E. Marion, T Mitchell; Marbn Circuit, J W.Murray, J Morgan; Georgetown, J A Porter; Santce Mission, A P Avaut; Black 1'iver aud Pee Dee Mission, I P Hughes; Sampit JissioM, J A Mood; Wacca maw Mission, C Bett.; Conwayboro' Circuit, O II Wells, J H Tart, A Erviu, sup ; Darlington, D J Simmons; Lynchburg Circuit, M A Connelly; BrownesvilU Circuit, L M Ilatner; Williamsburg Circuit, W A Hemingway, D J JMcMillan;'. Dar lington Circuit, L M Little, J F Wilson; Liberty Chapel Mission and Lvnch'a Creek Circuit, W L lVgucs, O Eaddy. . Columbia District R J Boyd, P E. Colum bia: Wu-olingtou street, W A Gamcwcll; Marion -street. J W North Cotigare Mission, Nr Tidlej; Fairfield Circuit, A J Cuuthen, J B Massebcau; Sai.dy flivi-r Mission, 1- A Lemiuoii 1; Chester Circuit, J R Pickett; Rocky Mount Circuit, C II Pi-itchard; Richland Circuit; W Crook; Richland Fotk Minion, S Towusend; Camden, M Brown; Wa'.cree Mission, JL Shuford, W M. Wilson; Sumter, I) II Moore; Sumter Circuit, A L Smith, J L Silley; Santec Circuit, M Puckett; Upper Saiitee Mission, 1) J) By;ir.-; Manchester Mission, T W M uniicrlyn; Manning Circuit, W W Mood; Prcst. Columbia Fein. Col., W Martin. ,. ' . Cokesburs DM.'X A McSwain, P. E Cokesbury Circuit, J M Carlile; Laurens' Cir-" cuir, J T rviigo. J A Wood, A P Martin, sup; Newberry, ,B Englitdi; Newberry Circuit, J W Wightman, P L Herman; Saluda River Mission, W 11 Lawton; Ninety-six Circuit, 8 II Browne; Rocky Pond Mission, G W M CreL'hfon; Butler Circuit. T G Herbert; Edgefield Circuit, J S Con nor; Abbeville Circuit, A G Stacy, 11 B Tarrant; Anderson Circuit, W Bowman; Pendleton Circuit," V A Sharp; Pickens Ciicuit, F M. Morgan. Wndrsboro Difrict.V Taylor, P E Wades-" boro, S J Hill; Wadesboro circuit, B G Jones, J D Carpenter; Ansonville circuit, J M Clint; Agt.1. Cr Fein. Col , to be supplied; Albemarle cir cuit, S Jones; Concord, L Wool; Roeky River mis:-ioii, to be supplied; Monroe circuit, -J V 1'uctt, J L Stoudemire; Lancaster circuit, A ' W Walker, J Hutchison; Catawba River mission, 0 Ii L:md; Che.steifie.hl circuit and mission, L Scar boro; Cheraw, E W Thompson; Bennettsville cir cuit, T R Walsh, J B Campbell; Society II ill mission, D A Ogburn. Lincoln ton District. 11 P Franks, P E. ' Liucolnton circuit, G W Ivey; Dallas circuit, A N, Wells; Pineville circuit, A McCorquodule; Char lotte, F M Kennedy; Chailotte circuit, OA Darby; Catawba circuit, A R Bcnnick; Lenoir circuit, J. Watts; Morgan ton circuit. J C Stoll; Shelby cir cuit, J S Nelson; Yorkvillc, W S Black; Rock , Hill circuit, D May, A S Link; Davenport Female College, II M Mood. Spartanburg Dist.ll AC Walker, PE Spar tanburg, J Stacy, L C Weaver, sup.; Broad River ! mission, to be suptdied: Csnartanbunr circuit. J Parker. W C Kirkland, sup.; Rutherford circuit, W W Jones; McDowell circuit, M Eaddy; Co lumbus ciicuit, T J Clyde; Pickcnsville circuit, T S Daniel; Keowce mission, to be supplied; Greenville, F Auld; Greenville circuit, A 11 Les ter, J II C McKinney; Union circuit, J II Zim merman, C Murchison; Goshen Hill circuit, J Finger; Pacolet Circuit, W A Hodges; Wofford College, Dr A M Sbipp, Pres't, W-Smith, Prof.- W C Power, chaplain 4th N. C. Regiment. R B Allston, chaplain Cth S. 0. Regiment. A B Stevens, chaplain 1st S. C. Regiment. W II Fleming, chaplain Branches' Keg., S. 0. Voltinteer-i. . . , y H Edwards, A W Walker, J P DePass, W W Graham, etc., in the army, but not chaplains. P F Kistler, R R Pegues, etc., without appoint-. ments at their own request. - - , t$T The next Conference will be held at Spar-- tanj urg, S. C.